Voter Registration in the South:
1960: White: 61.1% African American: 29.1%
1970: White: 62.9% African American: 62%
-Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1990
What evidence supports the idea that equality has been
achieved based on the percentage of people from each
group who vote?
O By 1970, the percentage of African Americans and
whites voting were nearly equal.
O By 1960, the same percentage of African Americans
and whites were voting.
O Fewer African Americans were voting in 1970 than
in 1960.
